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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2008
Applicants:
Peter L. Samaras, Woodstock, IL (US);
Joel A. Richardson, Naperville, IL (US);
Glenn E. Ihrig, Jr., Libertyville, IL (US);
Inventors:
Peter L. Samaras, Woodstock, IL (US);
Joel A. Richardson, Naperville, IL (US);
Glenn E. Ihrig, Jr., Libertyville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 85/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for blocking a bar code in a package includes a carrier with a plurality of apertures. The carrier is formed with a plastic material containing an absorbing dye and a fluorescing dye so that a bar code on each container is not readable by a bar code scanner.